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Originally Posted by blankall
I disagree.
A smaller player can only play certain roles on the team. They can't really forecheck, go to the boards, defend especially well, etc...
Pelletier could easily develop into a gritty mid-six guy. With Phillips it's offensive boom or bust. Phillips will essentially need to be a 60+ point player to ever play consistently in the NHL.
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60 seems like a big hurdle, not sure I'd have it that high.
But yeah he needs to be able to play in the top nine for sure, and possibly the top six depending on team structure.
I mean if he could help a line go his production wouldn't matter, but then if he was doing that he'd have points which puts it back to your point.
But 60 points was 75th in scoring for forwards last year, so a top line player.
I'd say it closer to that average 8-9 guy which is 25-30 points. Only 257 forwards had 25 or more points last year which is 8 per team.